Months before he was dismissed as FBI director, James Comey conveyed unease in the final weeks of the 2016 campaign when he informed Congress that agents had discovered additional Hillary Clinton emails on a laptop belonging to former Democratic congressman Anthony Weiner, according to newly released court records. In an email now public through a … Read more
President Trump said Friday that he still intends to pursue a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the BBC over what he described as an intentionally misleading edit of one of his speeches in a Panorama documentary. Speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One, Trump said, “We’ll sue them from $1bn to $5bn, probably sometime next week.” He … Read more
The FBI is pushing back on claims made by conservative commentator Tucker Carlson, rejecting his assertion that the bureau “lied” about details surrounding Thomas Crooks, the would-be assassin who attempted to kill President Donald Trump in 2024. Carlson had alleged that the FBI falsely stated Crooks had “no online footprint,” and he promised to release … Read more
Newly released documents from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate show that the convicted sex offender exchanged text messages with a Democratic member of Congress during Michael Cohen’s February 2019 testimony, and that those messages may have influenced the congresswoman’s questioning of Cohen. The documents, published Wednesday by the House Oversight Committee, include copies of Epstein’s digital communications, … Read more
President Donald Trump on Friday narrowed the reach of his global tariff policy, removing duties on several grocery staples as the administration confronted growing public frustration over persistent food costs. A Nov. 14 executive order said new recommendations and progress in trade negotiations made it “necessary and appropriate to further modify the scope” of products … Read more
House Speaker Mike Johnson said Wednesday that former President Donald Trump’s recent proposal to hold a Republican Party convention ahead of the 2026 midterm elections is gaining traction among GOP leadership and is increasingly likely to be approved. Johnson’s comments came during his weekly press briefing, where he recounted a phone call with Trump in … Read more
A police officer was critically injured Friday night when two law enforcement vehicles collided while escorting Vice President J.D. Vance’s motorcade in Maryville, Tennessee, local officials said. The crash, about 17 miles south of Knoxville, involved a Tennessee Highway Patrol trooper and a Maryville Police Department motorcycle officer, according to CBS News. Both were participating … Read more
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani is again insisting that he would seek the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu if the foreign leader were to visit the city. Mamdani reiterated the position Friday during an interview on “Politics Unusual” with host Morgan McKay. McKay asked Mamdani when he plans to meet Mayor Eric … Read more
The Senate Judiciary Committee is examining whether the Justice Department improperly moved to shut down an inquiry into the Clinton campaign’s funding of the Steele dossier. Committee Chairman Sen. Charles E. Grassley said a whistleblower has alleged that two senior officials involved in the Justice Department’s Arctic Frost investigation of President Trump previously played key … Read more
Ghislaine Maxwell’s legal team is raising serious concerns about the integrity of the federal prison system after her attorney, Leah Saffian, said multiple staff members at the Federal Prison Camp in Bryan, Texas, were dismissed for improperly accessing and distributing Maxwell’s privileged communications. According to Saffian, the former employees allegedly entered the prison’s email system … Read more